Celebrating Families – classroom and home-based parenting education for children and their families (meals included)

Seasons – classroom and home-visit parenting education for adults

Risky Business – helping kids and their parents understand how to improve decision making processing in high risk situations.

Specialty Care Groups Include:

Women’s Trauma Group – supports women who have experienced trauma

Young Peoples’ Group – helps with the day-to-day challenges of coping with life and substance use

Male Awareness Group – deals with lifestyle and substance issues unique to men

MAT Awareness Group – aid those using Medication Assistance Treatment during their recovery

What do I need to do to receive services?

Call Addiction Services at (937) 461-5223. Schedule an assessment for your alcohol, drug or gambling behavior or walk in and receive immediate access to services. The assessment will be completed by a professional licensed counselor. Treatment options will be offered.

What do people do in treatment?

In Outpatient, individuals attend education groups to learn about addiction. Group therapy sessions promote learning and build coping skills to prevent gambling or using alcohol and drugs. They attend individual counseling sessions where goals are set and progress is evaluated. Individual sessions can be used to discuss private information they may not feel comfortable discussing in groups. Sometimes homework is assigned to help learn new coping skills needed for recovery. Participants are encouraged to attend and learn about community supports for recovery.

Can my family be involved?

Yes. Family members 13 years and older can attend education groups. Family counseling services are available if desired. Family members are encouraged to attend and learn about community supports available to help them cope with the challenges they may encounter.

Does Addiction Services provide detox services?

No, Addiction Services does not provide medically-managed detox. When an individual needs medical detox, the Addiction Services staff will assist in linking them to that service. Addiction Services does provide counseling services for those who are receiving Medically Assisted Treatment services.

Yes, Addiction Services does provide MAT services. When an individual requests or is identified as needing MAT, the Addiction Services staff will arrange for the individual to receive the appropriate service through a qualified physician. Addiction Services does not offer Methadone treatment.

How do I know that Addiction Services is providing good services?

Addiction Services is certified or accredited by the following entities:

Ohio Mental Health & Addiction Services (OhioMHAS)

The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), which audits our treatment practices

The Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board for Montgomery County (ADAMHS) that provides funding for our programs and audits the services provided

The Ohio Chemical Dependency Counselors Professional Board (OCDPB). Addiction Services clinical staff is required by the OCDPB to receive 40 hours of training in a two-year period to maintain their license or credential

Additionally, Addiction Services encourages and supports the counselors in developing skills that have been identified by researchers to be best-practice models for addictions treatment.

Addiction Services provides evidence-based prevention education. We serve youth, adults and families. The prevention programming includes information on a variety of topics.

What type of prevention services does Addicition Services provide?

Celebrating Families – Program is designed to help parents and their children. The program includes classroom, home-based sessions and home-style meals. Target audiences include: parents involved in Head Start, Children’s Services, self-referrals and referrals from other agencies. The program topics are:

Problem solving

Goal setting

Communication

Discipline

Developmental stages of children

Stress management

Substance abuse

Accessing services in the community

Seasons – Program is the same as Celebrating Families but has a different target audience (adults on probation).

Risky Business – Program is designed to help youth and their parents understand and reduce risky behaviors. Goals are to help youth and their parents make better decisions related to:

Alcohol, tobacco and substance use

Anger management/violence

Gambling

Sexual behaviors

Other Evidence-Based Prevention services: Available upon request

Partners

Addiction Services partners include:

Prostitution Intervention Collaborative

Montgomery County’s Suicide Prevention Coalition

Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Drug Court

Alcohol and Other Drug Opiate Coalition

Montgomery County Drug Poisoning Coalition

Sinclair Community College’s Mental Health Technology Advisory Board

Montgomery County Prevention Coalition

Montgomery County Problem Gambling Prevention Coalition

Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring Focus Group

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Coalition

Addiction Services works closely with ADAMHS, OMHAS, Montgomery County Courts and Probation Departments, Children’s Services Board, Head Start, Homefull, Places, the Job Center, OASIS House, Montgomery County Office of Ex-Offender Reentry and many others to help meet our clients’ needs. Addiction Services has a close relationship with a variety of support systems including AA, NA, Al-Anon, GA, and Families of Addicts (FOA).

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About Us

Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County works to safeguard the health of Montgomery County. We reach out to all people, regardless of race, age, or income level, and work toward helping those in need.

Public Health services are far ranging and comprehensive. We continually evaluate the changing needs of our community and implement new strategies to meet those needs.

Our services are culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate for all people served.